Patentable/Patents/US-10805524
US-10805524

Image modification based on objects of interest

PublishedOctober 13, 2020
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Technical Abstract

In various example embodiments, a system and method for modifying images are presented. The system receives a user interface selection initiating an image capture and detects a first image capture parameter. The system identifies an object of interest within a field of view of an image capture device and identifies a set of object characteristics of the object of interest. The system generates a parameter notification indicating a suggested modification of the first image capture parameter based on one or more object characteristics of the set of object characteristics. The system causes presentation of the parameter notification at the image capture device.

Patent Claims
20 claims

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1. A method performed by hardware processing circuitry of an image capture device, comprising: capturing an image using an image sensor, the capturing based on a first image capture parameter, the first image capture parameter defining a setting of the image capture device; identifying a first object of interest in the captured image, the identification of the first object of interest based on an object recognition operation; identifying an image characteristic of the first object of interest, the identification of the image characteristic based on an object characteristic value of the captured image; determining, by the hardware processing circuitry and based on the imaghe characteristic and the first image capture parameter, a modification of the first image capture parameter, the modification causing the image characteristic to change within the image; generating a prompt to confirm the modification determined by the hardware processing circuitry of the first image capture parameter, the prompt further indicating a range for the modification and a user interface element selectable to modify the first image capture parameter; and causing presentation, at the image capture device, of the prompt.

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2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying a second object of interest in the captured image responsive to identifying a second set of object characteristics of the second object of interest.

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3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying a type of the first object of interest in the captured image responsive to identifying a third set of object characteristics of the first object of interest.

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4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the identification of the type of the first object of interest is based on at least one of edge detection object recognition, rigid point detection, and shape recognition.

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5. The method of claim 1 , generating the prompt further comprises: generating a set of preview images, each preview image of the set of preview images generated with a different image capture parameter value; generating a set of image capture representations indicating the different image capture parameter values; and associating the set of preview images with the set of image capture representations, with each preview image including an image capture representation indicating the image capture parameter value used to generate the preview image.

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6. The method of claim 1 further comprising: identifying a background behind the object of interest; determining a contrast value between at least a portion of the first object of interest and the background; determining that a minimum contrast threshold exceeds the contrast value; generating an image notification indicating a suggested modification to the background behind the first object of interest; causing presentation of the image notification at the image capture device; and, wherein the generating the image notification further comprises: identifying a color of the background; identifying an alternate color, the alternate color having a contrast value in relation to the first object of interest which exceeds the minimum contrast threshold; and generating an indication of the alternate color as the suggested modification to the background.

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7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the image characteristic is a size of the first object of interest, and the method further comprising: determining a position of the first object of interest within the captured image; generating a position notification indicating a suggested modification to the position of the first object of interest, the position notification including one or more user interface elements indicating a suggested position of the first object of interest; causing presentation of the position notification at the image capture device; and wherein the determining the position of the first object of interest further comprises: identifying at least a first portion of a perimeter of the first object of interest within the captured image; and determining whether a portion of the perimeter of the captured image extends beyond a field of view of the image capture device.

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8. The method of claim 1 further comprising: determining dimensions of the captured image; and in response to determining that the dimensions of the captured image exceed a predetermined dimension threshold, modifying the dimensions of the captured image to be within the predetermined dimension threshold and generating a modified image.

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9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying of the image characteristics of the first object of interest further comprises: accessing a publication within the image capture device; parsing a publication to identify a text description associated with first object of interest; identifying the image characteristic from the text description within the publication and, wherein generating the prompt further comprises: accessing a set of publications within a publication system; identifying a set of image parameters for images within the set of publications; and determining one or more of the image parameters to include in the prompt.

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10. A device, comprising: one or more hardware processors; and a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause operations comprising: capturing an image using an image sensor, the capturing based on a first image capture parameteer, the first image capture parameter defining a setting of the device; identifying a first object of interest in the captured image, the identificaiton of the first object of interest based on an object recognition operation; identifying an image characteristic of the first object of interest, the identification of the image characteristic based on an object characteristic value of the captured image; determining, based on the image characteristic and the first image capture parameter, a modification of the first image capture parameter, the modification causing the image characteristic to change within the image; generating a prompt to confirm the modification of the first image capture parameter, the prompt further indicating a range for the modification and a user interface element selectable to modify the first image capture parameter; and causing presentation, at the device, of the prompt.

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11. The device of claim 10 , further comprising identifying a second object of interest in the captured image responsive to identifying a set of object characteristics of the second object of interest.

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12. The device of claim 10 , wherein the first image capture parameter is one of a set of image capture parameters and generating the prompt further comprises: generating a set of preview images, each preview image of the set of preview images generated with a different image capture parameter of the set of image capture parameters; generating a set of image capture representations indicating image capture parameters of the set of image capture parameters; and associating the set of preview images with the set of image capture representations, with each preview image including an image capture representation indicating the image capture parameter used to generate the preview image.

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13. The device of claim 10 , wherein the image characteristic is a size of the first object of interest, and wherein the operations further comprise: determining a position of the first object of interest within the captured image; generating a position notification indicating a suggested modification to the position of the first object of interest, the position notification including one or more user interface elements indicating a suggested position of the first object of interest; causing presentation of the position notification at the device, and wherein the determining the position of the first object of interest further comprises: identifying at least a first portion of a perimeter of the first object of interest within the captured image; and determining whether a portion of the perimeter of the first object of interest extends beyond the field of the device.

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14. The device of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise: determining dimensions of the captured image; and in response to determining that the dimensions of the captured image exceed a predetermined dimension threshold, modifying the dimensions of the captured image to be within the predetermined dimension threshold and generating a modified image.

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15. The device of claim 10 , wherein identifying the image characteristics further comprises: accessing a publication within the device; parsing the publication to identify a text description associated with the first object of interest; and identifying the image characteristic from the text description within the publication.

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16. The device of claim 10 , wherein generating the prompt further comprises: accessing a set of publications within a publication system; identifying a set of image parameters for images within the set of publications; and determining one or more of the image parameters in the prompt.

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17. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium comprising processor-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising: capturing an image using an image sensor, the capturing based on a first image capture parameter, the first image capture parameter defining a setting of an image capture device; identifying a first object of interest in the captured image, the identification of the first object of interest based on an object recognition operation; identifying an image characteristic of the first object of interest, the identification of the image characteristic based on an object characteristic value of the captured image; determining, by the hardware processor and based on the image characteristic and the first image capture parameter, a modification of the first image capture parameter, the modification causing the image characteristic to change within the image; generating a prompt to confirm the modification determined by the hardware processor of the first image capture parameter, the prompt further indicating a range for the modification and a user interface element selectable to modify the first image capture parameter; and causing presentation, at the image capture device, of the prompt.

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18. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 17 , further comprising identifying a second object of interest in the field of view of the image capture device responsive to identifying a second set of object characteristics of the second object of interest and using at least two object recognition techniques including using rigid point detection and edge detection object recognition.

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19. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein identifying the image characteristic of the first object of interest further comprises: accessing a publication within the image capture device; parsing the publication to identify a text description associated with the first object of interest; and identifying the image characteristic from the text description within the publication and, wherein generating the parameter notification further comprises: accessing a set of publications within a publication system; identifying a set of image parameters for images within the set of publications; and determining one or more of the image parameters to include in the prompt.

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20. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise: identifying a background behind the first object of interest; determining a contrast value between at least a portion of the first object of interest and the background; determining that a minimum contrast threshold exceeds the contrast value; generating an image notification indicating a suggested modification to the background behind the first object of interest; and causing presentation of the image notification at the image capture device.

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May 8, 2019

Publication Date

October 13, 2020

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